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Arson attempt on Islamic centre
Unidentified attackers try to set fire to an Islamic cultural centre in Copenhagen.
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2006 19:29 GMT

Cartoons of the prophet Muhammad published in Denmark in September last year led to protests 


Unidentified attackers have tried to set fire to an Islamic cultural centre in Copenhagen.

No one was injured in the attack on Wednesday, the third such attempt in Denmark in a week.

A garbage bag placed next to the centre's door was set ablaze but the fire died out on its own, causing only minor damage, police said.

It was the seventh attack in the past year against the Islamisk Kultur Center i Danmark, located in the largely immigrant-populated Noerrebro area of the capital.

The building, which also hosts a mosque, was empty at the time of the attack.

Police said they would not rule out racist motives, but said witnesses had seen "a man in his 50s of foreign origin" near the scene.

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